THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE
Number 818, April 19, 2015The difference between libertarianism and every othersocial or political philosophy is its answer to thequestion "Who owns your life?" Everything else flowsnaturally from the answer to that question.

Recently David Codrea has published a series of articles regarding
an alleged (term used to avoid lawsuits) between the NRA, Congress,
and the BATFE regarding the definition of usable for sporting use,
the classification of certain shotgun lie weapons (pistol grip only
weapons over 26" long with a barrel less than 18") , and a ban on
importing tracers.

This appears to be a sell out of America's gun owning public by
the NRA. Many Americans distrust the NRA and they have been accused
of being America's foremost proponents of gun control. I have no
doubt that Victim disarmers will be happy to simultaneously condemn
the ATF for selling out and create/deepen a divide between the NRA's
leaders and its members and other pro gun groups.

The real problem is that Congress needs to do a whole lot of
repealing. They need to repeal the sporting purpose test, they need
to repeal the 1933 NFA, and most importantly, they need to repeal
the War on Drugs. Simply by doing this last they can end so many
of the gang related killings over drug distribution that our
national murder rate would probably be cut in half.

Unrelated to the issues of gun violence, gun control, and gun
rights, this would also help end the trend of our police forces
becoming armies of occupation and the push to extra Constitutional
government.

Until then, even our best friends will from time to time be dragged
into Devil's deals with corrupt agencies such as the ATF. We will
never be able to trust them whether they are selling us out or
trying to save what they can.

Exactly what our enemies want.

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